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Follow this link for the details to this April 2015 Blue Courage Train-the-Trainer course and to enroll:

Foundations of Blue Courage Are you curious about Blue Courage and why the WSCJTC feels it is so important to incorporate into all of our curriculum? Wondering what all the buzz is about? Wondering if this is training all officers in your agency should have? Want more information but not sure where to get it? Well, here is your chance to learn about Blue Courage directly from the founder himself, Michael Nila. The Kent Police Department is sponsoring four Foundations of Blue Courage sessions at the WSCJTC in April and May. These four hour sessions are free and powerful, so don’t miss out! Here are the dates:

April 24th 8:00 AM - Noon

April 24th 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

May 8th 8:00 AM - Noon

May 8th 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

For further details and registration instructions please click here. These sessions will count towards the annual 24 hour in-service training mandate and count towards elective hours for leadership Career Level Certification. We hope to see you there!

Funded by the Verizon Foundation, the Florida State University developed a free online program geared toward the prevention of officer-involved domestic violence. The National Prevention Toolkit on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence is available to law enforcement officers in Washington.

Training Officers: To obtain your initial login,click hereand complete the form for registration.Florida State University’s Institute for Family Violence will send you the login for the program.

The WSCJTC recognizes each module of the program as 1 CE credit hour toward the continuing education mandate of RCW 43.101.095. This training will be logged at the agencies and not by the WSCJTC.

Information about free online training is provided to the public safety community of Washington as a courtesy and not as an endorsement of any specific program. The decision to use any free online training is at the discretion of each agency.

Officers/deputies are “challenged” by their colleagues to video themselves dumping ice water on their head or jumping into a cold body of water and then donating $10 to the ODM Fund. If you don’t subject yourself to cold water, you must donate $100 instead. Officers/deputies then “call out” others to participate.

Following is a link to the King 5 report that aired on May 5th, titled “Guardians vs. Warriors.” This story attempted to capture some of the changes taking place at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. While King 5 titled the report “Guardians vs. Warriors,” I want to reinforce that we are NOT training officers to choose between being “either a warrior or a guardian.” We are teaching that in a Guardian Culture, police officers must be warriors when necessary, but their primary role and mindset is more like a guardian.

We are equipping recruits with the values to honor their profession, the tactical skills necessary to stand firm and defend themselves, the strategies to de-escalate conflict, and the knowledge of history and the rule of law from which their authority is derived.

Law enforcement officers across the state of Washington, now have access to Sikh American cultural awareness training materials upon request. WSCJTC is collaborating with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) in distributing valuable training materials. Materials include the video On Common Ground, which provides an overview of Sikh American cultural practices, describes Sikh articles of faith, explores common misconceptions, and presents strategies and best practices to use in non-emergency situations when interacting with community members – as well as reference cards with officer-safety and cultural engagement recommendations. To request materials click here. For more information on the SALDEF visit the organization’s website.

Since 2006, the WSCJTC has been mandated per WAC 139-05-300, to verify annually that every peace officer certified per RCW 43.101.095, has completed a minimum of 24 hours of in-service training in the prior year of service. To that end, questions have come up about what counts as in-service training hours. To view the WSCJTC Official White Paper explaining the WSCJTC 24 Hour In-Service Training Requirement Click Here.